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Japanese to UK crochet terms

Japanese patterns are written as symbol charts rather than as rows of abbreviations, so the useful mapping is from the Japanese name to the UK name and its chart symbol.

Reading a Japanese chart Charts are read from the bottom up for flat pieces, and anticlockwise from the centre for pieces worked in the round. The number beside each round is the round number, and the number in a circle at the end of a round is usually the stitch count.
Japanese termUK term
chain
ch		detail
slip stitch
ss		detail
double crochet
dc		detail
half treble
htr		detail
treble
tr		detail
double treble
dtr		detail
triple treble
trtr		detail
magic ring
MR		detail
front post treble
FPtr		detail
back post treble
BPtr		detail
back loop only
BLO		detail
front loop only
FLO		detail
bobble stitch
bo		detail
puff stitch
puff		detail
popcorn stitch
pc		detail
shell stitch
shell		detail
V-stitch
V-st		detail
picot
picot		detail
reverse double crochet
rev dc		detail
double crochet 2 together
dc2tog		detail
treble 2 together
tr2tog		detail
increase
inc		detail
filet mesh
filet		detail
net stitch
net		detail
granny square
granny		detail
crocodile stitch
croc		detail
turning chain
tch		detail

Other directions

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Last updated 2026-08-30.